Football at the International Workers' Olympiads

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The teams of Germany and Finland entering the field before the final of the 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad in Frankfurt.

Association football was included in every three editions of International Workers' Summer Olympiads in 1925, 1931 and 1937 as a men's competition sport. Tournaments were played as a single-elimination tournament. Countries were represented by selected teams of their workers' sports associations and the players were mostly amateurs. Exception was the Soviet team in 1937 as it was represented by Spartak Moscow.

Frankfurt am Main 1925[]

1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad was held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Participating teams in the football tournament were Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany and Switzerland.[1]

Group stage[]

SwitzerlandbeatFrance
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
BelgiumbeatSwitzerland
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
Germany Germany6–0Switzerland
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
Finland Finland4–2 [2]Belgium
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
Germany Germany3–1Belgium
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main

Semifinals[]

Germany Germany6–1Czechoslovakia
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main

Final[]

Germany Germany2–0Finland Finland
Waldstadion, Frankfurt am Main
Attendance: 40,000[3]

Vienna 1931[]

1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad was held in Vienna, Austria and 16 teams took part at the football tournament.[4] Leading scorer was , the father of famous German striker Uwe Seeler. He scored seven goals on a quarterfinal match against Hungary as the German team beat the Hungarians 9–0.[5]

First round[]

Czechoslovakia4–4
(Czechoslovakia qualified after drawing lots)		Norway Norway
Switzerland3–0Latvia
Austria5–1Finland Finland
Hungary3–1Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Mandatory Palestine
Poland Poland1–0Estonia Estonia
Germany Germany8–1Denmark

Quarterfinals[]

Belgium5–0France
Austria8–1Switzerland
Germany Germany9–0Hungary
Poland Poland3–2Czechoslovakia

Semifinals[]

Austria3–1Belgium
Germany Germany4–1Poland Poland

Final[]

Austria3–2Germany Germany
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 65,000[4]

Consolation tournament[]

Norway Norway5–0Estonia Estonia
Norway Norway6–3Finland Finland
Norway Norway4–0Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Mandatory Palestine

Antwerp 1937[]

1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad was held in Antwerp, Belgium. It was a joint event with the Spartakiads. Participating teams came from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Soviet Union, Spanish Republican faction and Switzerland.[6] A delegation from Soviet Union was competing at the Olympiads for the first time. German athletes did not participate since labor sports organisations were disbanded in Germany by the Nazi regime in 1933. The Soviet Union was represented by Spartak Moscow.

Note: the results are not complete.

First round[]

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union8–0Denmark
Norway Norway7–1Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Mandatory Palestine
Switzerland3–2Finland Finland

Quarterfinals[]

Spanish Republicans Second Spanish Republic2–0Belgium
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union7–1France
Norway Norway4–0Switzerland

Semifinals[]

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–1Second Spanish Republic Spanish Republicans
Norway Norway3–1Czechoslovakia

Final[]

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–0Norway Norway
Attendance: 25,000

Consolation tournament [6][]

Finland Finland5–0
w.o. (1–1)		Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Mandatory Palestine
England2–1Finland Finland

Sources[]

References[]

  1. ^ Helsingin Jyry: "Reino Fri - viimeinen mohikaani" Archived 2012-06-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. ^ Finnish Workers' Association Yearbook 1925 (p. 35, in Finnish) Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  3. ^ Christian Koller & Fabian Brändle: "Fussball zwischen den Kriegen: Europa 1918-1939" (p. 49, in German). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Christian Koller & Fabian Brändle: "Fussball zwischen den Kriegen: Europa 1918-1939" (p. 50-51, in German). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Kein Spiel für Linksaußen" (in German). Zeit Online. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b History of Ponnistus (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 July 2013.
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